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*** 1970's Album Draft - Commentary Thread ***
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Originally posted by johnnya24 View PostThe Police ... never got into the Police. Sting annoyed me when I was younger. He was always in the UK press about stupid crap like tantric sex, and his solo work was diner party music. All you ever heard about The Police was how Sting and the drummer didn't get along (the fucking drummer?), and that one song that was bled to death. No doubt there is something of value there ... but I dunno.
The Police had great energy - Sting has a vibe. They were a solid trio check out early concert footage
Here is an equivalent - I say Derek and The Dominoes and many people think this
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I was as big a fan of The Police's first two LPs as anyone. Regatta de Blanc was great, but I don't think I've heard anything played from it except "Message In a Bottle" and "Walking On The Moon" for the last 30 years. The lesser cuts were all winners, but you never hear them. All their hits are incredibly played out.
I always had a problem with The Police letting their songs go on too long. They would always repeat a final line over and over... Sting must sing "sending out an S.O.S." 427 times.One martini, two martini, three martini, floor.
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Originally posted by johnnya24 View PostAll you ever heard about The Police was how Sting and the drummer didn't get along (the fucking drummer?)Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerWe pinch ran for Altuve specifically to screw over Mith's fantasy team.
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It shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, but Off the Wall was definitely on my list. I just figured if Thriller and Bad fell for ages in the 80s/90s draft then Off the Wall would fall in the 70s draft.
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Originally posted by Erik View PostStewart Copeland is an incredible drummer and a creative force in his own right -- he wrote quite a few songs for The Police. So yes, it did matter that he and Sting didn't get along. No Copeland = no Police.
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The Cry of Love -- Some amazing, underrated stuff there, "Freedom" and "Ezy Rider" especially. Oh, what could have been.
Excitable Boy -- I only know the songs that made the radio. Never felt like investigating further, mostly because of his voice.
One Step Beyond -- The title track was in rotation in the early days of MTV. Fun stuff.
Horses -- Patti Smith is another artist where I appreciate her influence and like her material when performed by other artists, but her own recordings, I'm not that into.
Plastic Ono Band -- The primal scream stuff is overdone, but there is some amazing songcraft here, "Hold On" and "Working Class Hero" especially.
Let's Stay Together -- I took the title track in the soul/funk/R&B draft. All I own by Green is a greatest hits album, so I'm not up on which songs come from which albums.
Regatta de Blanc -- The odds of Swampy taking a Police album in this draft were 100% after he asked me to trade him Zenyatta Mondatta in the 80s-90s draft and had to resort to drafting a Sting solo album. I think Zenyatta and Ghost in the Machine are their best, but Regatta has a unique charm about it; it's much looser than their other records. This is mainly because they were short on songs and had to come up with some others very quickly (a lot of those were provided by Stewart Copeland).
Low -- I love Side 1, which is some of his very best work. I'm ambivalent about Side 2.Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerWe pinch ran for Altuve specifically to screw over Mith's fantasy team.
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Originally posted by Stephen View PostIt shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, but Off the Wall was definitely on my list. I just figured if Thriller and Bad fell for ages in the 80s/90s draft then Off the Wall would fall in the 70s draft.
Also, it's made every "100 best albums of the '70s" list ever created, so it deserves to be in the top 100 here.Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerWe pinch ran for Altuve specifically to screw over Mith's fantasy team.
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Surprised to see no Marley picks until now, but like Neil Young, he has so many possibilities from the '70s that I guess people are just waiting.Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerWe pinch ran for Altuve specifically to screw over Mith's fantasy team.
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Originally posted by Erik View PostSurprised to see no Marley picks until now, but like Neil Young, he has so many possibilities from the '70s that I guess people are just waiting.If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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If anyone knows how to contact Pogues, please do so lest we stall for another 4 hours.If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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Had to take Hemispheres, I became a Rush fan after a friend turned me on to them. I was 19, didn't like much of the music that was being produced--never into AC/DC, KISS etc, so I was mostly listening to older stuff and busy being a 19 y/o, hated disco, but went to clubs and worked for a disco lighting company (as I said earlier, build the floor for SNF). Rush was so strong, moved backward through their library and they became my staple. I've seen them live I believe 8 times, actually sat side-stage on their equipment boxes (the disco lighting company I worked for had a connection into the concert lighting world, thus--backstage passes).Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
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